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LHS chapter of BPA boasts 15 qualifiers f\or nationals

The Lowell Sun

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03/10/2013 08:53:43 AM EDT

LOWELL -- Fifteen students in Lowell High School's Business Professionals of America qualified for the National Leadership Conference by placing at the State Leadership Conference, held at the Sheraton Tara Resort in Framingham.

Following an afternoon of judged competitions and professional development workshops on Saturday, about 450 members from 16 state chapters were welcomed to the State Leadership Conference by State President Tim Schmidt of Taconic High School.

During the opening session, members were recognized for Torch Awards, and winners were announced for the Writing, Pin, Cover and Community Service Awards. LHS junior Mordecai Ebhohen received the Community Service Award for his Vision Alive project. Mordecai also submitted entries for the Pin and Cover Contests. Junior Emily Wilcox submitted an entry for the Writing Contest.

After the opening session, junior Carlos Gonzalez participated in the Mr. & Ms. BPA event, performing a singing routine as part of his talent and dressing in traditional Puerto Rican attire for his entrance.

On Sunday, chapter members traveled to Assabet Valley Regional High School in Marlboro for additional competitive events and workshops. LHS's Simonka Urbanova presented two workshops on the National Entrepreneurship Exploration project she is completing independently with the assistance of DancEnergy owner Lisa Tenczar.

Simonka will submit her project for award consideration at the National Leadership Conference.

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Also, LHS chapter members swept the competition at the Becoming Professionally Academic Seminar offered by the BPA Post-Secondary President Lyndsay Robinson, a graduate of Shawsheen Valley Technical High School in Billerica.

On the final day, the Award Ceremony was held in the Grand Ballroom following the announcement of State Officers and a traditional Torch Ceremony.

Winners from LHS include:

n Junior Sisowath Chea, second in Parliamentary Procedures.

n Junior Robert DelGrosso, second in Fundamental Spreadsheet Applications.

n Junior Michael Doung, second in Extemporaneous Speech and fourth in Project Management.

n Sophomore Meisang Hong, second in Insurance Concepts.

n Senior Julian Rojas, second in Digital Media Production.

n Junior Emily Wilcox, third in Presentation Management-Individual.

n Junior Jackyie Cruz, fourth in Fundamental Accounting.

n Junior Amanda Rosa, fourth in Insurance Concepts.

n Junior Rita Bagala, fifth in Prepared Speech.

Others who attended from LHS include Nicole Zapata and Devlin Higginbottom, who competed in various events and participated in leadership workshops.

Advisers Jill McNamara and Paul Weir look forward to the National Leadership Conference in Orlando, Fla. Any LHS member can join BPA by visiting Room 629 during any lunch period, or by attending upcoming meetings on March 19, April 2 or April 30.

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